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About-Him.Com Devotional 12-10-2005
Http://About-Him.Com/ My Thoughts on the Life of Christ, from His Baptism to His Ascension. 202: Parable of the Ten Talents Mt. 25:14-30 Matthew 25:14 ¶ For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. This parable is very similar to The Parable of the Ten Pounds. which is only recorded by Luke. Some commentators feel that they are the same incident, or at least a repetition of the same theme. A man took a long journey and before leaving, he entrusted some of his money with his servants, which they were to use to increase his fortune. Two servants invested wisely and at the time of accounting showed an increase. They were rewarded for their diligence. One servant feared his master and hid his portion in the ground. The master was angry and took the man’s portion and gave it to the others. The man was cast out to outer darkness where there would be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Conclusion and Application: The parable obviously refers to Jesus having gone to heaven and entrusting the gospel to our care in his absence. Whereas the Parable of the Ten Virgins stresses watchfulness for the Lord’s return, this parable stresses working and being productive while we are waiting. There will be a time of accounting and He does expect an increase. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. There is a reward for faithfulness. 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. There is punishment for slothfulness. 29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. 30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. We all have been entrusted with talents and gifts. Some are more visible than others but all are important for building up the kingdom (I Corinthians 12:1-11). We are all members of the body of Christ and we all have something to contribute to help other members (I Corinthians 12:12-26). How do we invest our talents? Something as simple as having a caring attitude and listening ear can never be over estimated. Simple acts of kindness to others will not go unnoticed. Jesus said that if we as much as gave a cup of water in His name, we would not lose our reward (Mark 9:41). Most of all, we shine as lights in the world and have the words of life entrusted to us. If we are hesitant to share our experience with others it may be akin to burying our talents in the ground (Philippians 2:14:16). I know that we are all eager to meet our Lord and we long for the day that we hear Him say, “Well done, enter in into the joy of the Lord.” Matthew 25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. In About-Him
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An old woman wrote an illegible letter to God complaining that somebody had stolen
her last $100.00 with which she was going to do some Christmas entertaining.
A clerk at the post office, had to open the letter to try and see where to send it. He was moved with compassion and took up a collection among his co-workers totaling $96.00. Later another letter, addressed to God arrived at the post office. The same clerk opened it and read: "Thanks God for money that you sent me. However there was $4.00 dollars missing. It was probably those thieves at the post office." Somebody Has Said
You can only love God to the extent in which you love the person whom you love the
least. - Dorothy Day
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